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Solitary cèile-Franciscach-Dhè living with my 4-legged fur-baby in Scotland. Socialist and Environmentalist.

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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 13h
Reheating 1970s Thatcherism in 'The Right Way' won't fix modern Britain. Slashed taxes for the rich & weaker rights for workers! #TheRightWay #Thatcherism #CostOfLiving #UKPolitics grandad68.substack.com/p/reheated-t...
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Reheated Thatcherism Won’t Pay the Bills: Why The Right Way Misses the Reality of Modern Britain
Reading Kemi Badenoch’s new Conservative strategy document, The Right Way, feels a bit like stepping into a time machine set to 1976.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 14h
Reasons not to vote Tory no.64
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DottieB 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dottieb.bsky.social · 16h
BBC Scotland has never acknowledged the decades of distress BY LABOUR COUNCILS to female Glasgow Council workers, nor the unions who fought against the women through the courts. Resolutions began with an SNP Council - due to decades of inaction this has cost to the City of nearly £1billion
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Lorna MacGillivray @elemjay.bsky.social · 13h
It's so simple: #MatriarchyNow and we'll start to mend the poor world the patriarchy has frucked without consent.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13h
There is 'no money' because everything has been privatised and all the money now goes to billionaires and trillion dollar corporations that don't pay any tax. There ends today's lesson on the obvious.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14h
Beating up pensioners and vandalising curry houses in Gosport is not 'an expression of legitimate concern'
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 14h
If only the Tories had as much concern for families on the minimum wage cliffedge as they obviously do for those on the £100,000 cliffedge
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Terrence Williams 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈🇫🇷 @terrencewilliams.bsky.social · 13h
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Denmark has built so much wind power that its grid now regularly produces more than the country can consume, and on the windiest days the wholesale price of electricity falls below zero." via Amazing Maps
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Tattie Bogle @haggiswrangler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
So who's paying for Andy Mountbatten to take the polis to court 🤔 And, I wonder if he's got legal aid? Unlike Peter Murrel?
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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 05/10/2026
Anti-Zionism is not Antisemitism. Pass it on. And Free Palestine.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sagal Abdi-Wali has extensive links to pro-Israel Labour figures and a terrible record when it comes to Gaza and Palestine in Camden Via @skwawkbox.org
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Labour's Holborn candidate 'is Zionist JLM member'
Sagal Abdi-Wali has extensive links to pro-Israel Labour figures and a terrible record when it comes to Gaza and Palestine in Camden
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nothing to see here. Move along. Everything is under control. This is not a Chemical Chernobyl. This is not the time to panic. This is not the time to panic. This is not the time to panic. (you know what that means)
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/10/2026
Plague outbreak in Russia from a lab. We MUST ban all commercial flights to and from Russia NOW
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 04/10/2026
4 men in plain clothes kidnap a woman—they claim to be ICE. Woman's name is Angel Zhao. She lives in Huntington Beach, California—originally Shanghai, China.
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You may think you're cool, but you'll never be as cool as Lithuanian folk art St Francis doing stigmata kung fu (via limis.lt)
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𝒲𝒜ℒ𝒯 🇪🇺💯✊🏼💙🌊🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦋🫘🔵 @jagsman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The battle of the sexes in a misogynistic world!
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Br Barney CFD (he/him) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 @barneymac66.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq... Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster, campaigner and charity founder, dies aged 86 - BBC News
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Dame Esther Rantzen, broadcaster, campaigner and charity founder, dies aged 86
Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Look at this. Spain is beginning construction of Europe's biggest hydrogen production plant. You won't hear anything about this on BBC Scotland because it would reveal how the EU is forging ahead with the fuel of the future; emissions-free hydrogen. 👇
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Mabel Logan @mabellogan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Sovereign Grant is going up by £50 million. That's another £50 million in royal funding, on top of the half a billion we already give them. It's time to scrap the grant, plain and simple. #AbolishTheMonarchy
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pensions are going up 3.9% because they have a Triple Lock NHS drug prices have been going up at an average rate of 5-7% a year, EVERY year, for the last 16 years We don't talk about this 'TRIPLE LOCK'. Which has cost the NHS tens of billions Because it is for the BILLIONAIRES
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reform UK breached Scottish Parliament rules during Nigel Farage’s visit to Holyrood 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2659121...
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Holyrood intervenes after Reform UK breach rules during Nigel Farage visit
REFORM UK have been forced to remove social media content after breaching Scottish Parliament rules during Nigel Farage’s visit to Holyrood ...
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This 👇
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Now let me see, would I rather be in a union where the biggest partner has a literal veto over anything they want(S35) while i do not OR Would I rather be in a union with other countries where every member has a veto & equal rights. 🤔
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pathetic, exstremly fucked up. 😡
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm really enjoying the pastoral chaos this has sown amongst the LGBT people considering ordained or lay ministry at my church. It's not horrific at all. Why do you ask?
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very reassuring that the Diocese of Leicester has hired a new 'Director of Vocations' who is a trustee of a group which creates and promotes a course that requires participants to sit in a group and confess to "homosexuality", among a collection of "perverted sins".
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@andyburnham.bsky.social The previous govt and Starmer ENABLED this by failing to criticise let alone condemn and we STILL haven't cut arms sales have we? Would you have fought Hitler?
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Lyam Mc @lyamelbandino.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is who they are 🤬🤬🤬
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Why won’t the Government share this secret climate change report when the findings show it’s a critical threat to national security?" via 38 degrees
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The rise in small boat crossings was entirely due to Brexit, promoted by Nigel Farage, and the deal done by Boris Johnson Their attempts to shift blame to anyone else is utterly despicable hypocrisy
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Orange Order is often rightly rereferred to as the Brit version of the Ku Klux Klan. One hates Catholics the other black/brown skinned people. I wonder how many people in the UK know that there is an Orange Order Lodge in the British Houses of Parliament? Absolutely shocking!
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... More proof that Farage and his henchmen Tice & Jenrick are spreading disinformation on an unprecedented scale. Not only that, they are doing so for truly evil purposes. IMO this amounts to Misconduct in a Public Office and all three should be prosecuted for that.
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Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims
Culture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings
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flossyflook.bsky.social @flossyflook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you know? Disabled people ARE actually disabled. Immigrants can NOT claim benefits. But many of the super-rich really do NOT to pay tax!!! 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗸𝗲!!!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elon Musk says Italians should stay in Italy and the Japanese in Japan. Then why the hell is this White European South African in North America?
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 'Catastrophic' new images have exposed the devastating scale of destruction inflicted on Gaza by Israel's genocide
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'Catastrophic' new Google Earth images expose scale of devastation in Gaza
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The British Media including the Guardian is still talking about terrorists and bombs even though the Police releasing the accused so quickly proves there were no bombs and there is no evidence of terrorism. They are scum who spread lies their billionaire owners want you to believe.
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patinate.bsky.social @patinate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir led at least 1,271 Israelis into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, on the third day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Groups performed religious rituals under heavy Israeli police protection.
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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All very well - and welcome, but settling Palestinian refugees in particular would be better served by stopping support for Israel bombing them in the first place.
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Frozen tax thresholds mean hundreds of thousands of older people with small pensions are being pulled into the tax system for the first time. That’s why I’ve put my name to a petition to stop the state pension being taxed. c.org/PzKR48PHxK
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Sign the Petition
ANDY BURNHAM! STOP THE STATE PENSION BEING TAXED: RAISE TAX THRESHOLD: SUPPORT COLETTE!
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Brazil has banned Online Betting. So should the UK. Would you support a ban in the UK?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reminder, the iPhone 18 is made in Israel and it is full of unremovable hardware spyware. It is made to track everything its user does. You shouldn't use one even if you get it free. Definitely don't pay for your own surveillance.
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Whitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English.
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 25/09/2026
@naomiaklein.bsky.social explains to @mehdirhasan.bsky.social why Trump loves AI. It's "an electricity-eating monster" — and its huge energy use means a boom in the fossil fuel industry. Watch the full discussion: zeteo.com/p/naomi-klei...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's incredibly the bring out hundreds and hundreds of Police Officers to arrest disabled pensioners with paper signs.. But then the Far Right is actually breaking the law. Nothing.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026
I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it.
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 23/09/2026
The Lib Dems and Tories unite in objecting to 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland's right to decide its own future. Farage's Reform MSPs exclude themselves from even voting. www.thenational.scot/news/2657325...
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See how MSPs voted on motion affirming Scotland’s 'right to decide future'
AN OVERWHELMING number of MSPs have backed a motion affirming that Scotland has a right to decide its constitutional future ...
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UK PM Andy Burnham has agreed to give military support to Saudi Arabia in Yemen! In other news.. Since the war in Yemen started, nearly 150,000 civilians have been killed, most of them in air strikes by the Saudi-led Coalition Air raids, frequently targeting civilian gatherings.
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